Athens/Ben Epps Airport
AHN · KAHN · Athens, Georgia · Clarke County · map
Athens/Ben Epps Airport is a public-use airport owned by Clarke County, 3 miles east of Athens, Georgia, 812 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,122 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1) and about 80 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 39,557 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,974 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAHN · observed 6:51 pm EDT (22:51 UTC), 2 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAHN 062251Z 10006KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02170117
TAF KAHN 061720Z 0618/0718 07010KT P6SM SKC FM070100 06004KT P6SM FEW250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AHN · ICAO KAHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Clarke County
- Elevation
- 812 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 992 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,122 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,995 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 02: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 63 ft high 1,475 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.3 | Athens |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Athens |
| Approach and departure 6:15 am to 10:00 pm | 132.475 | Athens |
| Ahn and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.875 | |
| Foothills and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 | Athens |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 706-363-3481.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,557, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Athens from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Athens, Georgia: 47 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Index B rescue and firefighting (ARFF) eqpt is available.
- Activate malsf runway 27; PAPI runway 09 and 20 - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Runway 2 and 20 lights not available when the control tower is closed.
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.